| Suriname :
Geographic coordinates
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4 00 N, 56 00 W
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| Suriname :
Population growth rate
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1.108% (2010 est.)
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| Suriname :
Birth rate
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16.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| Suriname :
Death rate
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5.53 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| Suriname :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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6,800 (2007 est.)
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| Suriname :
Independence
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25 November 1975
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| Suriname :
National holiday
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Independence Day, 25 November
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| Suriname :
Constitution
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30 September 1987
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| Suriname :
GDP
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purchasing power parity -$4.274 billion (2009 est.)
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| Suriname :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2009 est.)
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| Suriname :
Electricity - consumption
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1.467 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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| Suriname :
Exports
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$443 million alumina, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas
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| Suriname :
Imports
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$525 million capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods
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| Suriname :
Telephones
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81,500 (2008)
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| Suriname :
Mobile cellular
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416,000 (2008)
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| Suriname :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 4, FM 23, shortwave 3 (2008)
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| Suriname :
Radios
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300,000
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| Suriname :
Television broadcast stations
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3 (plus 7 repeaters) (2000)
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| Suriname :
Televisions
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63,000
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| Suriname :
Internet country code
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.sr
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| Suriname :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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162 (2009)
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| Suriname :
Internet users
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50,000 (2008)
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| Suriname :
Railways
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166 km
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| Suriname :
Highways
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4,304 km
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| Suriname :
Waterways
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1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2008)
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| Suriname :
Pipelines
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oil 50 km (2009)
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| Suriname :
Ports and harbors
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Paramaribo, Wageningen
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| Suriname :
Merchant marine
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1 ships
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| Suriname :
Airports
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50
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| Suriname :
Heliports
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N/A
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| Suriname :
Military branches
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National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing, Air Wing) (2010)
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| Suriname :
Military expenditures
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0.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
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